Friday, February 21, 2003
• Wal-Mart's sales on one day last fall--$1.42 billion--were larger than the GDPs of 36 countries.
• It is the biggest employer in 21 states, with more people in uniform than the U.S. Army.
• It plans to grow this year by the equivalent of--take your pick--one Dow Chemical, one PepsiCo, one Microsoft, or one Lockheed Martin.
• If the estimated $2 billion it loses through theft each year were incorporated as a business, it would rank No. 694 on the FORTUNE 1,000.
What this means for Wal-Mart's low-profile CEO, Lee Scott, is that he runs what is arguably the world's most powerful companyFULL ARTICLE
WALMART GOOD OR EVIL??? What do you think? I for one think if any corporation could get this powerful I am glad it's Walmart.
• It is the biggest employer in 21 states, with more people in uniform than the U.S. Army.
• It plans to grow this year by the equivalent of--take your pick--one Dow Chemical, one PepsiCo, one Microsoft, or one Lockheed Martin.
• If the estimated $2 billion it loses through theft each year were incorporated as a business, it would rank No. 694 on the FORTUNE 1,000.
What this means for Wal-Mart's low-profile CEO, Lee Scott, is that he runs what is arguably the world's most powerful companyFULL ARTICLE
WALMART GOOD OR EVIL??? What do you think? I for one think if any corporation could get this powerful I am glad it's Walmart.
